Seydou Fofana (born 10 August 1993 in

Bamako Bamako ( bm, ߓߡߊ߬ߞߐ߬ ''Bàmakɔ̌'', ff, 𞤄𞤢𞤥𞤢𞤳𞤮 ''Bamako'') is the capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on the Niger Rive ...

) is a

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean martial arts, Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast k ...

practitioner. He won a bronze medal at the 2019 African Games in the men's –74 kg category. He qualified to represent Mali at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

after qualifying at the

2020 African Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament The 2020 African Qualification Tournament for Tokyo Olympic Games was held in Rabat, Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Medite ...

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* Living people 1993 births African Games bronze medalists for Mali African Games medalists in taekwondo Competitors at the 2019 African Games Malian male taekwondo practitioners Place of birth missing (living people) Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Malian people Olympic taekwondo practitioners for Mali {{Mali-taekwondo-bio-stub